Gaius Scipio

Gaius Cornelius Scipio (299 BC-) was a general of the Roman Republic from the House of Scipii.

Biography
Gaius Cornelius Scipio was born in 299 BC to the House of Scipii, one of the four major families of the Roman Republic. A good commander, Scipio took command of a Scipii army that was landed in Sardinia to assist the House of Julii general Galerius Sextus in the siege of Caralis in the winter of 266 BC. His army of 94 troops did not take part in the fighting, merely arriving after the defeat of the army of Carthage.